Gauge for marking and cutting strips



L.'M. DABNEY. GAUGE FOR MARKING AND CUTTING STRIPS.

' APPHCATION HLED MAY 12, 1921.

1,427,2 PatenfedAug. 29; 1922.

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' Application filea'na 12, 1921. Serial no. teases.

T 0 all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that LLILLIAN M. DABNEY, a citizen of the United States," residing at Rosedale, in the county of VVyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Gauges for Marking and Cutting Strips, of which the following is a specification;

My invention relates to improvements in gauges for marking and cutting strips."

The object of my invention isto provide a gauge which may be attached to and sup ported by a blade of a pair of scissors, for use in cutting strips from a sheet of cloth or paper.

My invention provides further a gauge having novel means by which sheets of cloth or paper may be marked.

A further object of my invention is to provide a gauge of the kind described, which is simple, cheap to make, durable, not liable to get out 01. order, which may be readily used by an inexperienced person, and which is efficient in operation.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved gauge shown mounted on a blade of a pair of scissors, the latter being shown as cutting a strip from'a sheet of material.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged edge elevation of my improved gauge. 1

Fig- 3 is a perspective View, reduced, of the same, as used in connection with a pencil, for marking a strip.

Fig. 1 is a view similar to 3, showing the gauge as used in indenting the sheet of material to be marked.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged end elevation otthe gauge shown mounted on a blade of a pair of scissors.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross section on the line 66 of Fig. 3.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views.

1 and 2 designate respectively two members comprising two flat metal plates, pretcrably resilient, and mounted fiatwise, one upon the other, substantially parallel with each other, and having one set of ends rigidly secured together as by rivets 3.

The free end of the member 2 is provided on its inner side with a transverse groove 4 the outer sides of the members 1 adapted to receive the front end of a blade 5 of apair of scissors 6, as shownin Figs. 1 31x15! Longitudinally adjustable on themembers 1 and 2 and disposed betweensa'idmembers and having its" ends respectively embracing and 2,is a gauge member comprising a clip 7 which is longitudinally slidable on the members 1 and 2 and which is adapted to co-operate with the graduationsB, arranged in a longitudinal row on'the outer side of the memberl. Some of the graduations 8 maybe numbcr'ech'as shown. i 1' When it is desired to use the gaugeon a pair of scissors, the gauge member 7, which is used to indicate the graduations 8, is slipped on the members 1 and 2 to the desired position, as, for example, so as to indicate the graduation adjacent tothe numeralr2, Fig.1. The sheet from which the strip is to be cut, designated by 9, is then slipped between the members 1' and 2 with one edge bearing against the gauge member!- The sclssors are then operated to cut the sheet 9, the latter being drawn between the members 1 and2, against the gauge member 1 i 7 as the cutting progresses.

When it is desired to mark the sheet 9 with a series of pencil marks 10, Fig. 3, the gauge member 7 is adjusted to indicate the proper graduation 8, and one edge of the sheet 9 is drawn against the gauge member 7 between the members 1 'and 2. The iree end of the member 1 is provided with an inwardly turned transverse flange 11, which is pressed against the sheet. 9, and is used. as a straight edge for guiding the point of a pencil 12, to make the marks 10: at spaced intervals and equi-distant from the edge of the sheet 9 which is drawn against the gauge member 7.

In order that a row of indentations may be made in the sheet 9, for marking purposes, the plate 2 adjacent to the groove 1 is provided with a transverse groove 13, 2, which is adapted to receive the flange 11.

:In marking the goods with indentations, the gauge member 7 is adjusted to the proper position, after which the sheet 9 is slipped between the members 1 and 2, with one longitudinal edge bearing against the gauge member 7. The free ends of the members 1 and 2 are then pressed together, so that the, flange 11 forces the material of the sheet 9 into the groove 13, thus making an indentation 1 1:

wise between the members 1 and 2 against the gauge members 7, and from time to time forcing the goods into the groove 13, with the flange 11, a longitudinal row of marks comprising indentations 14, Fig. 4, will be made in the sheet 9.

The resilient members 1 and 2 preferably curve slightly outwardly, so. that as the gauge member 7 is moved away from the free ends of the members 1 and 2, the latter will spring apart at their free ends so, as to permit the ready insertion between the members 1 and 2 of the sheet 9 which is to be marked or out. I

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, as many modifications, within the scope of the, appended claims, may bemade without departing from the spirit of my invention. 7

What I claim is In a gauge, Q 3 ind. d s ib d, parallel members iastened together at one end, one member adjacent to its free end having a transverse groove, the other member atits free end having an inwardly eX tending transverse flange adapted to enter said groove, and a gau e member engaging and slidable longitudinally on said members, substantially as set forth.

2. In, a gauge of the kind described, two parallel members fastened together at one set of ends, one of said members adjacent to its free end having an inwardly turned transverse flange and having a longitudinal row of graduations, the other member adjaeent to its tree end having atransverse groove adapted to receive said flange, and a gauge member longitudinally slidably embracing said members and arranged to indicate said graduations, substantially as set forth, i

In testimony whereo'l I have signed my name to this specification.

LILLinN M. DABNEY. 

